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The Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS) is a professional master’s degree program. The residential MSDS program begins with the second summer session, continues into the Fall term, and concludes at the end of the following Spring term (11 months in total). The online MSDS program may be started in the Fall or Spring and can be completed in five semesters.
Core program courses are taught by faculty from the departments of Computer Science, Statistics, and Systems and Information Engineering, or specifically identified by the School of Data Science. The program utilizes the spiral learning framework, first giving the students the base that they need in languages, computation, and linear modeling, and building upon those skills to move to the practice and application of data science. The program integrates a capstone project where the students use their knowledge and skills to work with an external sponsor to solve a real-world data science problem and present the results in a public presentation.